Nokia is Back with a Trio of Android Smartphones

Making a comeback, HMD Global, unveiled a trio of new Nokia smartphones – Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3.

Although not premium, or Lumia-like, but they have one amazing thing in common: pure Android. Similar to Motorola, HMD is taking a fairly unique approach to the new Nokia smartphones by offering up Google’s Android Nougat OS in its purest form. No bundled third-party apps, no UI customization, and regular security updates.

That is the single biggest difference to the thousands of Android smartphones on the market. HMD believes its Nokia 6, Nokia 5, and Nokia 3 smartphones will stand out from the competition with solid hardware design, pure Android, and no gimmicky features.

Contrary to people’s anticipations, the new Nokia smartphones are mid-range and not flagships.

Nokia 6

Made out of a single block of aluminum with diamond cut edges., the Nokia 6 made headlines for being sold out in under a minute in China last month. The smartphone features a great design with seamless edges.

Nokia 6 stands at the top of the range. It features a 5.5-inch, 1080p screen, and a 16-megapixel camera on the back. The phone gives out an industrial metallic feel, the shiny sharp edges meeting the matte aluminum body. HMD is also offers an Arte Black limited edition version of the Nokia 6. It’s a glossy version with 64GB of storage and 4GB of RAM.

Nokia 6 Specifications:

5.5-inch IPS LCD full HD display

Rear Camera: 16MP with f/2.0 aperture

Front camera: 8MP with f/2.0 aperture

Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor

Octa-core CPU

Adreno 505 GPU

Android v7.1.1 Nougat

3GB of RAM (4GB in Arte Black version)

Internal Storage: 32GB (64GB in Arte Black version)

Expandable Storage: Up to 128GB

Fingerprint scanner

Google Assistant

3000 Non-removable battery with fast charging

Colors: Matte black, Silver, Blue, Copper, Arte black

Price of Nokia 6: $242 (regular); $315 (Arte Black)

Nokia 5

Nokia 5 stands at the middle of the mid-range phones and is the most impressive among the lot. It’s slightly smaller than the Nokia 6 with a 5.2-inch display. It is powered by 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 430 processor. The main difference between the Nokia 6 and Nokia 5 is design. Nokia 5 is also aluminum but has curved edges that make the display feel like it’s bleeding into its metal casing.

Nokia 5 Specifications:

5.2-inch IPS LCD HD display

Rear Camera: 13MP

Front camera: 8MP

Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor

Android v7.1.1 Nougat

2GB of RAM

Internal Storage: 16GB

Expandable Storage: Up to 128GB

Fingerprint scanner

Google Assistant

3000 Non-removable battery with fast charging

Colors: Matte black, Silver, Blue, Copper

Price of Nokia 5: $199

Nokia 3

This is the last in the range of the new Nokia smartphones and the most basic of the trio. It features a 5-inch display, powered by 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, and an MTK 6737 quad-core processor. Unlike the Nokia 5 and Nokia 6, Nokia 3 features a poly carbonate back, with an aluminum frame.

Nokia 3 Specifications:

5-inch IPS LCD HD display

Rear Camera: 8MP with f/2.0

Front camera: 8MP with f/2.0

MediaTek 6737 processor

Quad-core processor with 1.3GHz clock speed

Android v7.0 Nougat

2GB of RAM

Internal Storage: 16GB

Expandable Storage: Up to 128GB

Google Assistant

2650 Non-removable battery with fast charging

Colors: Matte black, Silver, Blue, Copper

Price of Nokia 3: $147

So, that is it! The three devices HMD global launched. Or is it?

Nokia 3310

The bomb was dropped when Nokia unveiled the revived Nokia 3310 along with the new Nokia smartphones. The company relaunched Nokia 3310 as a “One More Thing” at its press conference. The intro was swift: HMD Global CEO Arto Nummela held up the phone and said the only three things that matter. “Its battery lasts a month, it has Snake, and it has the Nokia ringtone.” And then he was gone.

Still a feature phone, Nokia 3310 has a web browser. Nokia 3310 takes us back in time in the way we made phone calls, sent texts, and played Snake. The 3310 weighs less than three ounces, and its battery lasts an absurd 31 days in standby time, or up to 22 hours of talk time. The new 3310 has a 2-megapixel camera. It also has a hilariously small 2.4-inch, 240×320 screen. The Nokia 3310 also has color options to choose from. The handset comes in white, blue, red, and yellow, and its edges round smoothly, more like a polished pebble than a chunky brick.

I might as well buy the Nokia 3310, at least that’s what I’m thinking of right now.

How excited are you about the new Android smartphones by Nokia? Even more, how excited are you about the 3310?

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